(Back at Glitzville, Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, Eggy, and Ms. Mowz were bidding Ms. Jolene and others farewell)

MS. JOLENE:

So, you're no longer the champ, is that what you're saying?

MARIO:

Yeah, the only reason why I'm here is because I needed that Chaos Emerald.

MS. JOLENE:

Okay, but you'll come back and visit whenever you get a chance, right?

MARIO:

Hopefully.

GOOMBELLA:

We have four more emeralds to find.

JOLENE:

Okay. Hey, thanks for coming to the funeral with me.

MARIO:

Hey, no problem.

GOOMBELLA:

At least your brother's with God now.

KOOPS:

Oh, and don't forget King K and Bandy Andy!

(Mario walks up to Rawk Hawk and hands him the champ belt)

MARIO:

Here, Rawk Hawk. I believe this belt is yours.

RAWK HAWK:

Well, thanks, Gonzales! You really are something, aren't you? From now on, I'm no longer gonna fight dirty anymore, because I wouldn't be a real champ if I did. So, bring it in, Great Gonzales!

(Mario and Rawk Hawk embraced for a bear hug)

RAWK HAWK:

I'm sorry for everything!

MARIO:

Me too!

JOLENE:

Hey Mario, can I please have a hug?

MARIO:

Sure, Ms. Jolene.

(Mario and Ms. Jolene embraced for a couple of seconds until they broke free. Ms. Jolene started to hug Goombella which made her chuckle. She then hugged Koops, Flurrie, and Eggy. When she hugged Eggy, he licked her in the face)

JOLENE:

Thank you so much for everything.

MARIO:

No! Thank you for helping us! If you didn't text me, then Grubba would've probably killed me by now!

JOLENE:

Oh, and speaking of which; I'm now officially the new Glitz Pit host!

MARIO:

That's wonderful! Hey, enjoy your new job!

JOLENE:

I sure will, Mario! Thanks!

MARIO:

And don't worry about Grubba! He won't ever come here and hurt anybody, that's for sure! I'm sure he's spending the rest of his life in this dump!

JOLENE:

chuckles* Oh, he will! Good luck with your quest.

(Ms. Jolene and Rawk Hawk were waving at Mario and gang as they were leaving)

GOOMBRIEL & ELIZAGOOM:

Bye guys!

MARIO, GOOMBELLA, KOOPS, FLURRIE, & EGGY:

Good-bye!

(Next scene shifts to Mario and his partners now sitting on that same blimp they took earlier. Goombella was sleeping while resting her head on Mario)

KOOPS:

Whoo, you got three now!

EGGY:

So, you need, like, four more?

MARIO:

Mmm-hmm.

FLURRIE:

Aww, look at that pretty Goomba.

MARIO:

I know, she is so beautiful.

(Mario's phone chimed)

MARIO:

This better not be a threat!

(Mario then realized that Goombella was blocking his right pocket, so he tried to gently move her without waking her up, and when he got his phone out of his pocket, he moved Goombella back to her old position. Mario then realized that Peach texted him again)

EGGY:

Wait, you got a text from a princess?

MARIO:

Yes, unfortunately, so let me read this real quick! Ahem!

(Mario reads the text)

MARIO:

Dearest Mario, I have uncovered something terrible. These things… the X-Nauts… they're planning to take control of the world! It's to that end that they're searching for the Chaos Emeralds. I still don't know what the Chaos Emeralds do but you must try to get them all… I will gather what information I can…

EGGY:

Take control of the world? That can't be good! What do we do now?

MARIO:

We have to tell Professor Frankly about this?

EGGY:

Who's Professor Frankly?

(Next scene shifts to Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, Eggy, and Ms. Mowz at Frankly's office)

FRANKLY:

They're gonna take over the world?!?

GOOMBELLA:

Yes, Mario got a text from Peach that he just told me earlier, and if we don't stop those bad guys, the world will be doomed!

(Just then, a student barged in the office)

STUDENT:

Professor Frankly, you have to hear about this: some of my friends in Italy have been transformed into pigs, and they're gonna be food if we don't stop them!

MARIO:

Wait, you're saying you're friends are pigs and are heading for a slaughterhouse to be slaughtered?

STUDENT:

Yes, my name's Darkly, in case if you're wondering.

MARIO:

We'll go to the slaughterhouse and save your friends! I think a Chaos Emerald is in there somewhere!

DARKLY:

Really!? Thank you so much, uh, Super Mario! There's actually a shortcut I created to get here, but it only works if you have your birth name written on yourself. So, I'm just gonna go ahead and write that on the back of your overalls with this magical sharpee!

(Darkly went up to Mario's back and wrote his name. He then went up to Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, Eggy, and Ms. Mowz)

DARKLY:

I don't really remember you, so what's your name?

GOOMBELLA:

I go by Goombella, but my birth name's Isabella.

DARKLY:

I forgot to ask, but are you going with Mario?

GOOMBELLA:

Mmm-hmm. And so are they!

DARKLY:

Alright, let's do this.

(Darkly lifted up Goombella's ponytail and wrote the name "Isabella" on the back of her head)

GOOMBELLA:

Tee hee hee! That tickles!

DARKLY:

And you - with a blue hoodie - what's your name?

KOOPS:

It's Koops.

(Darkly wrote his name on his shell)

KOOPS:

Ow! Could you, like, jab it in a little softer, please?

DARKLY:

And your name, ma'am?

FLURRIE:

Who you asking this to? I'm Flurrie!

(Flurrie lowered herself for Darkly just as he's about to write her name on her shoulder)

FLURRIE:

Ahh, that feels so good!

DARKLY:

And you, little dude.

EGGY:

My name's Eggy, big dude!

(Darkly wrote his name on his tail)

EGGY:

Ow, watch where you jab this thing!

MS. MOWZ:

No messages.[English]

MARIO:

I don't know her first name, but try Ms. Mowz.

(Darkly wrote "Ms. Mowz" on the back of her ear)

MS. MOWZ:

No messages.[English]

DARKLY:

All set! Unfortunately, it'll have to take weeks for the ink to wash off.

MARIO:

Okay. Well, gang, let's-a get-a going, shall we?

DARKLY:

Here, I'll show you the shortcut! Follow me!

(Next scene shifts to the shortcut pipe)

DARKLY:

Here it is! The pipe that takes you to Twilight Town! Good luck! Don't get turned into pigs!

(Darkly left Mario and his partners behind)

GOOMBELLA:

Okay, Mario, we have to act fast if we're gonna get that Chaos Emerald! Now, before we go in the pipe, we have to figure out where it is!

MARIO:

Oh, it's in the slaughterhouse!

KOOPS:

That's good to know, we just go straight to that slaughterhouse, find that Chaos Emerald, and get the heck out of here!

FLURRIE:

But… shouldn't we break this blasted curse first?

MARIO:

Hmm… you know what? This could definitely help the twilighters from becoming pork chops! Come on! If we're gonna get that emerald and save the pigs, we have to act fast like Goombella said!

(Mario entered the pipe)

GOOMBELLA:

You know what we have to do, right?

(Koops, Flurrie, and Eggy nodded their heads and they all jumped in the pipe to Twilight Town)

To Be Continued